MARKETPLACE ARTS

Registered charity 800929 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FENLAND AND DISTRICT ARTS ASSOCIATION, FENLAND ARTS, FENLAND ARTS ASSOCIATION

The objects of the Association shall be to co-ordinate and promote the maintenance, improvement and development of artistic taste and the knowledge; understanding and appreciation of the arts among the inhabitants of Fenland District and surrounding areas .

Objects

To advance the education of the public in the arts by:Encouraging and developing public participation in the performing, visual and other artforms by the presentation of artworks, commissions, concerts, performances, exhibitions and festivals in the districts of Fenland and West Suffolk primarily, as well as in East of England region, Nationally and Internationally. Supporting community wellbeing and capacity building in Fenland and West Suffolk through commissioning of collaborative arts projects addressing issues of place, community, equality and inclusion. Promoting, supporting and developing the creative community of Fenland and West Suffolk including the amateur and voluntary arts sectors and the understanding of collaborative arts practice regionally, nationally and internationally.

Area of benefit: FENLAND AND DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £315,293, with total expenditure of £298,493, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £13,569, which the trustees acknowledge are below their stated policy target of three months of expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chris Bell
• GODFREY BRIAN SMITH · trustee of 3 other charities
• Joanne Gray
• Katherine Elizabeth Nightingale
• Mark Haydon

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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